This afternoon on The Classical Network, it’s a Roman holiday, albeit it a whirlwind one.

Cellist Joshua Roman will join me by telephone to talk a little bit about his upcoming recital, with pianist Gilles Vonsattel, which will take place at New York’s Baruch Performing Arts Center tomorrow at 7:30 p.m. On the program will be works by Beethoven, Brahms, Janáček, Arvo Pärt, and Amy Williams. Our conversation will take place at 5:00 p.m. EST.

I’ll also celebrate the birthdays of two enormously talented pianists, Earl Wild and Eugene Istomin, and remember the late Harold Farberman. The revered conducting pedagogue died on Saturday at the age of 89.

Say ‘cello to Roman. Go wild for Wild. It will be more thrilling than a Colosseum full of lions, from 4 to 7 p.m. EST, on WWFM – The Classical Network and wwfm.org.